Pre- Algebra Vocab2

A math phrase that has numbers, operations and one or more letters is called____?

• Term

• Algebraic Expression

• Equation

• Constant

A letter that stands for an unknown number is called___?

• Constant

• Term

• Variable

• Coefficient

10b

How many terms does this algebraic expression contain?

• three

• two

• four

• one

The number that comes in front of a variable is called___?

• Term

• Algebra

• Variable

• Coefficient

33n - 12d + 24

Which number in the algebraic expression is the constant?

• 12

• 1

• 24

• 33

What does a number next to a variable mean?

for example: 40x

• multiply

• divide

• add

• subtract

How many terms does this algebraic expression contain?

x + y + 3z - 4y - 21

• 5

• 4

• 6

• 7

What number is the coefficient in the following expression?

x + 20 -6

• 20

• 6

• 1

• 0

3x + 2y -11

What is this called?

• algebraic equation

• algebraic expression

• numerical expression

• numerical equation

If a variable does not have a number (coefficient) in front of it, it is understood to be __.

• 0

• 1

• -1

• 3